Hair-pin.



No. 772,881. PATENTED OCT. 18, 1904.

, 0. HENNIG.

HAIR PIN.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 23, 1903.

' NO-MODEL.

Patented October 18, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OSCAR HENNIG, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF 'TO KILIAN SOHELLER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

HAIR-PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 772,881, dated-October 18, 1904.

Application filed November 23, 1903. Serial No- 182,434=. (N0 modem 1'0 all. whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR HENNIG, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful'Improvements in Hair- Pins, of which the followingis a specification containing a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

This invention relates to improvements in hair-pins; and it consists of the novel constru 0- tion hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved hair-pin which on account of its peculiar curves will admit of the pin being readily introduced in the hair of the wearer, While the irregularity of its curves will prevent its accide,ntal displacement.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my complete invention. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a top plan view.

In the construction of'my invention I provide a pin constructed of a single strand of wire 4;, bent at 5, forming two prongs 6 and 7. The prongs'6 and 7 are provided with two semicircular-shaped curves 8, curved in the same dlrectlon, wh1ch are formed by the bending of the prongs 6 and 7 at the points 9, 10, and 11. The ends 12 of the prongs 6 and 7 are slightly bent upwardly and are provided with a blunt point.

The pin when placed on a flat surface, as indicated by the dot-and-dash line in Fig. 2, has but two of its points, 9 and 11, in contact, the point 10 being raised a sufficient distance from the line to give the pin a bent form to conform with the head of the wearer when placed thereon to support the hair. The

prongs 6 and 7 are also bent laterally, as shown invention admits of its being readily introduced in the hair of the wearer, while the irregularity of its curves prevents its accidental displacement.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- A hair-pin made from a single wire bent upon itself midway its length to form the prongs 6 and 7, each of which is straight and approximately parallel to the other at its ends,

and having intermediate of its straight ends two semicircular Icurves projecting in the same direction, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

OSCAR. HENNIG.

' Witnesses: i

M. G. IRIoN, ALFRED A. EIoKs. 

